the anti-doping auen we demand more. the anti-doping agency said — we demand more. esday, and - we demand more. the anti-doping agency said on tuesday, and i - agency said on tuesday, and i quote, it is unfairly caught between the us and china geopolitical tensions which they they spilt over to the olympics. what do you make of the argument? this olympics. what do you make of the argument?— the argument? this is the diversion _ the argument? this is the diversion tactic, _ the argument? this is the diversion tactic, this - the argument? this is the diversion tactic, this is . the argument? this is the| diversion tactic, this is not about politics. it is about a country did not follow the rules in the world anti—doping agency did not make sure they follow the rules, nothing to do with the chinese — us relations. it is about a guardian of the code, the world anti—doping agency, they did not uphold its own rules to make those athletes accountable for doping or allowing them to go free because of contamination. they still do not find out how those substances got into the

anti- doping agency as well. your work to ensure anti- doping rules are followed. and our american athletes are held to the highest standard helps set an example for the rest of the world to follow. true champions do not cheat pete they compete fairly and follow the rules. international olympic committee conference and its mission the movement intended to encourage and support the promotion of ethics and good governance in this sport to protect clean athletes bite leading the fight and taking action for all forms of manipulation and related corruption. they need to take this seriously. thank you and i yield back or accidentally kills but the records are chairman of the full committee for his opening statement the guitar highly decorative panel of witnesses today's olympic careers have inspired an entire generation of americans. tonight's hearing comes an important moment we are one month away from the start of the 2024 summer olympic games in paris. we will be examining how the world anti- doping agency policy and their failure to enforce those policies on the use

the world anti-doping agency (wada) said the u.s. agency usada violated the international code by allowingeveral athletes convicted of doping violations between 2011 and 2014 to work undercover and continue competing without prosecution in exchange for information on other violators. they acted as a secret. yusada agents in beijing reacted sharply, it was as if the fbi had made a deal with the mafia. in response to the scandal, the ioc has so far only called on the american anti-doping agency to respect the code. world to enter into dialogue, well, and the final medal count of countries at the olympic games in paris in any case does not reflect the real balance of power in world sports. what we did not see this year was russia, which, for example, won four medals in takwando at the last olympics in tokyo. in terms of the total number of medals at at the tokyo olympics, russia was in third place after the united states and china, winning 71 awards. now, at the paris... piada, this place was essentially shared by great britain and france with a difference of one medal, and last time france w

but most of capital sports podcast, alan moore told us us, the anti doping agency is blatantly hypocritical. america is not c a now the stolen and they've been throwing in their glasses are starting to bring the glass and the top of them us and the doping is go satisfied or some people call a paper tiger because that's what he is. he's always looking for money because this is his whole thing he wants to create to make money from showing russians. could change like americans that are going to use the surveys use exemption. so basically they can change legally, as we saw with the one already meter, or then each of these, no one line was for you has a hasty estimate, so on. so for all the crazy units has to get legal, go be for and yes, when he was wondering last night, the 2 interviews he sort of got draws because he has cobra's. so this whole mazda serenity with us, is that it can be sold and all sort of swimmers and a lot of skin races which, you know, people are, which i didn't believe it, of course. and i saw the videos from nbc and bbc every or something is wrong here. so basically this

the global anti doping agency wida is on the war path, says washington allows accolades hoover cotton doping to compete and exchange for spying on others. the russian army destroys 12 ukrainian militants who were attempting to land on the russian coast in the care san regent. on the border area, of course, to train separate hundreds of casualties as russians forces continued to repel c evans attack. and the idea of denies accusations that is rarely soldiers raping palestinian detainees by washington calls for an independent investigation into the map. the live in the russian capital. you're watching r t international. i'm rachel ruble. we start with news just in from brazil where a plane and carrying 58 passengers and 4 crew members has crash. that's according to the airline. local firefighters say the pine cell over the city of video, but have yet to release details about the number of casualties. the brazilian airport, the plane departed from has not confirmed any information about the crash. onlookers have shared footage online at the burning crushed site in the parent plain spiral

of the, the global anti doping agency wida is on the war path as washington allows athletes to consume the doping drugs to compete and exchange for spying on other the russian army destroys it 12 you printing and militant and so we're attempting to land on the russian posted in the her son region, while in the border area of course, the train separates 100 of casualties. that special forces continue to have held key and angela, how many units to sworn in as head of the bangladesh, the interim government. same as the end of our time ministers checked to see those brutal proceedings the live in moscow. you're watching our t international. i'm rachel ruble recovering the top new stories from around the worlds. well, the us has been violating athletic and doping rules for years, allowing at least 3 people to compete internationally. despite taking performance enhancing drugs, the catch, they would have to spy on their fellow sportsmen. as according to a writer's investigation which revealed that the us anti doping agency is at loggerheads with water. on this side of scheme threatened the i

but the unpleasant truth for the american anti-doping agency is that they fail to solve one major problem% of american athletes violate our agency's rules. a member of the australian olympic field hockey team was caught trying to buy cocaine. an american shot putter demanded that organizers use the pronoun they when addressing her, and italian swimming champion thomas ciccone slept in a park in the olympic village because the conditions in his room were unbearable. the paris olympics turned out to have far more yellow pages in the annals than stories about sporting achievements; most russian journalists were not allowed to attend the games at all. at first, the french were afraid of spies, and then for those colleagues who finally made it to paris , the olympic organizers gave them a cold shower, forbidding them to photograph our tennis players. weightlifter artem akulov chose the brix games as the main competition of the year. the winner of the competition is sure that the games, which brought together athletes from fifty countries, have already become an alternative to the strange olymp

well, water, which is the world anti doping agency, is macy's, that at least 3 athletes were found to be 2 thing to have had this doping sanctioned by the agency. the u. s. a. d a. and what we know is that these assets that were able to pursue that korea is the dreams they were able to compete in competition, was to potentially win metals to get sponsorship to the prize money. and all of this was ok while they were shooting. and this was being sanctioned at the highest level and even high is not because u. s. a d a says one to knew about this. and it essentially giving it the old, clear all the way back in 2011. wow. and, and so it was one of the, the well done today, i think agency having to say about it was a pretty embarrassing accusation. it's the knowing it of course. and it's also hate tact that usa da saying, but it is being hypocritical. let's have a listen to what was i have to say. it is ironic and hypocritical, but who saw the cries fell when it suspects other anti doping organizations are not following the rules to the letter. while it did not announce doping cases for yea

the global anti doping agency water is on the warpath. as washington allows athletes who are caught using illegal substances to compete in exchange for spying on others. and the russian army destroys 12 the premium militants who were attempting to land on the russian coast in the car, san region. well, in the border area of purse, the crane 1st hundreds of casualties as russian of course has continued health the attack, the live in moscow. this is our t international. i'm rachel ruble. we start with developing news from brazil where a plane carrying 57 passengers and 4 crew members has crashed with local authorities reporting. there are no survivors, local firefighters, say the plane cell or over the city of video. let's replace and the civil defense authority have also sent teams to the crush side. there's still no information on what caused the crash. onlookers have shared footage on line of the burning crash site and the plain spiraling out of control as it went down. news of the tragedy reached brazilian president lula the silva durin

there are no survivors and the global anti doping agency wida is on the war path as washington. a lot of the athletes who were caught using illegal substances to compete and exchange for spine on others the from our headquarters in moscow, you're watching our t international. i'm rachel ruble. counterterrorism operations have begun in the brands to region of russia, where authorities say there is a threat of sabotage on the border shared with ukraine. there's also been an overnight drone attack on the pets, the region, wounding its 6 people. and the territory, of course, has been the target of drone and missile attacks and ongoing finding. the rest of the defense ministry says ukraine has lost more than $280.00 soldiers in that area . in the past 24 hours, our t z e goes down off brings us the latest from the 1st border area. basically both sides are beating up the guy since right now, they're increasing the amount of boots on the ground. and those fighters on the front line who i personally know and who i'm in touch with. they are telling me that if anything, the fighting is on

you're never going to get well meanwhile, the chinese anti doping agency has to monitor an independent investigation saying the actions of its us counterpart and damaged the simple principle of fair play. the fact that the u. s. has turned a blind eye to its long history of doping problems while trying to cross the border and exercise jurisdiction over other countries has just clearly exposed to the international community. it's a trick of a thief, crying stop the see from the double standards behind its logic logic and give it a college questions why washington does seem to assert itself as the global policeman of sport. this whole thing blew up in the us, the usa da's phase because they started out by so i, they started to say against the chinese moving team in, in spring when you are time to release a report said 23 members of the chinese swimmers were tested or t m. c. that is before the 2020 told to olympics. and that right opposite that the us government immediately got involved us congress threatened to cut found into why the us justice department and f b. i opened the case to i

in general, the american anti-doping agency yusada, due to its scandalous practices, even entered intoith the world anti-doping agency wada. it turned out that the americans were hushing up cases of doping among their athletes and allowing them to compete in exchange for everyone becoming informants and reporting on other athletes. in a high-profile investigation reuters called them undercover athletes. the world anti-doping agency (wada) said the u.s. agency usada violated the international code by allowing several athletes convicted of doping violations between 2011 and 2014 to work undercover and continue competing without prosecution in exchange for information on other violators. they acted as usada undercover agents without informing wada, with no provisions in place to allow such practices globally. code. the admission of athletes using doping to competitions was confirmed by vyusada, who stated that this method, although not agreed upon with anyone, is effective in reaching big fish, famous champions or a whole network of doping suppliers. but in the chinese airwaves , other ep

. >> now, you have a new bipartisan bill calling for reform of the world anti-doping agency. can you talk a little bit especially what everyone's watching the olympics and spring courts around the brain. why is this so important to you this is very important because athletes who are competing in the olympics, whether they're american athletes, or any athlete around the world, has to have confidence that the competition is fair. >> but somebody else's not getting an unfair advantage through dopings. so we've actually worked with katie ledecky, who is a maryland or and other olympians on this legislation, bipartisan legislation with senator marsha blackburn and our house i colleagues. >> and it's very simple. it says that the united states will now, we're giving essentially the person at the white house, the drugs are at the white house. party, permanent authority the width told american contributions from an organization called the world anti-doping agency until we know they're doing their job and the reason all this is happening up, paula, is that in the previous olympics we

people wounded, a correspondent, one of the very 1st on the same on the low cost of the world anti doping agency was looking hormones with a us officials offers, reveals washington and had a loud actually to was going to compete in exchange for spying on other end of the program. a question of innocent. he says a lot of times footage before and to show the recently released haven't goes giving .

>> could kiss our -- [bleep] i think if that's the -- they can block dollars from going to anti-doping agencyitol hill, chad pilgrim fox news. alicia: as northeast faces widespread flooding from post tropical storm debby a new storm could soon form in the atlantic. that's next. why do couples choose a sleep number smart bed? i need help with her snoring. sleep number does that. thank you. during our biggest sale of the year, save 50% on the sleep number® limited edition smart bed. shop now at a sleep number store near you. griff: widespread and catastrophic flooding hit northern pennsylvania in parts of new york friday with many homes and vehicles swept away as post tropical storm debby unleashed final fury on the northeast. fox weather katy byrne is in westfield, pennsylvania, katy what's it look like today? reporter: hi, griff, well a lot of activity here. this town was one of four hit by flash-flood emergencies across the northeast yesterday. all triggered by debby which is officially done now. but we're still in active search and rescue efforts here in this county. they have one missing m

in 2019, the world anti- doping agency was announced because of the manipulation of doping test dataof some russian athletes. this country of competitions. participation in other teams and under a flag other than russia is a decision made by the president of russia, vladimir putin. completely based on political considerations and influence considered rival countries. exclusion of russia and belarus from the olympic games. this was the headline of many world media after the international olympic committee's vote on october 12 last year. the war in eastern europe between russia and ukraine has been under various sanctions since the beginning of 2020. 9 months have passed since israel's full-scale war against the palestinians in gaza. before the start of the olympic games , many international observers in the field of human rights believed that one of the channels of pressure on the israeli regime was sports restrictions and the suspension of participation in the olympic games. international olympic committee but in this case, he adopted the policy of silence. the principle of the need

the international anti-doping agency announced that the test of mohammad samim fiz jadakar, weighingkg, was positive zinedine zidane, a member of french football , met and talked with french athletes while attending the games village. zidane was also present at the opening ceremony of the olympics and was partially responsible for mashaal's attack. was in charge of after the french football team won 0.1 against argentina in the quarter finals of the olympic games, the players of the two teams got into a fight at the end of the game. and the interesting reaction of american swimming legend michael phelps to breaking the record of leon marchand was announced. in match. 200 meters marshan broke michael's record and won his fourth individual gold in these games. continuation. news is a volleyball effort iran's youth team will advance to the final match of the asian championship in the continuation of the asia sub-hajal volleyball championship held in bahrain. today, starting at 1930 minutes, the iranian youth team will travel to japan in the semi-final stage. and to reach the final four

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earlier, an independent commission of the world anti-doping agency presented a report on doping fraud at the olympic games. more details. march twenty-third, yekaterinburg. moscow bureau correspondent wall street journal, evan gershkovich arranged a meeting with a representative of the ural carriage works. referring to the editorial assignment, he asked to provide him with information about the activities of the defense enterprise in the context of the northern military district and to disclose state secrets. well, what 's the best way to do this? i did all this, i had it with me. yes. the only good thing is that you are very welcome, because there. simply a journalist, this is funny, this is exactly what they write in the western media, they say the journalist was sentenced on the basis of allegedly false accusations, here is a wall street journal article from august 2, a day after the big exchange. gershkovich's trial, called a sham by washington, was conducted in secret, and russian authorities have not publicly released any evidence to support their claims. so here they are, the e

earlier, the independent commission of the world anti-doping agency, let me remind you, presented a report on fraud with prohibited substances. anton potkovenko will tell you more. march twenty-third year, yekaterinburg. correspondent of the moscow bureau of the wall street journal, evan gershkovich, arranged a meeting with a representative of the ural carriage plant. referring to the editorial assignment, he asked to provide him with information about the activities of the defense enterprise in the context of the northern military district and to disclose state secrets. well, what's the best way to do this? i asked for all this, i did it to myself. the only thing that's good. we will not even write that we saw the documents, we will only have an anonymous source, that is, we are not suspected of collecting and no one they suspect a sensor, we will say anonymous sources and say, this is a recruitment process, which we heard, we see, this is nothing more than recruitment, and recruitment is an operational activity that is carried out only by representatives. intelligence services, so to say

in addition, the united states needs to divert attention from its own scandal with the world anti-doping agency. in the case of the so-called chinese swimmers, so the head of the wada, witold banko , said that every fifth american athlete who participated in the world athletics championships in 2022 did not undergo a single. out-of-competition test, adding that 90% of american athletes are not under the anti-doping code, and 31% of them have not undergone doping tests at all. big questions are raised by american athletes practicing therapeutic use doping, that is, having permission from a doctor. so, the olympic champion gymnast simone biles, representing the usa at these olympic games, has been using the banned psychostimulant methylphenidate for many years. and here the americans, norwegians, and french are leaders in the use of banned drugs for medical reasons. if our athletes who take banned drugs are very sick, well, in general , it is difficult to live with such indications. not to mention setting olympic records. therefore, it seems to me that it would be right to hold some special olymp

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anti-doping agency wada has worked against us every turn.epublican senator marsha blackburn accuses wada of failing to open a doping investigation into chinese athletes ahead of the 2021. tokyo olympics now 11 of those athletes are competing in the paris olympics. >>and not one of them has been held accountable. maryland democrat senator chris van hollen says their legislation would allow the u.s. to withhold its funding from at the end of the day, we need a fair. >>plainfield in june it to other olympic swimmers michael phelps and allison schmitt urged congress to act ahead of the paris olympics. i don't want kids growing up thinking only >>doping and cheating where you're able to do these unfathomable things. lot declined to attend the hearing in washington. i'm jessi tenure. hawaii governor josh green says the state will pay about 800 million dollars as part of the lawsuit settlement for the high in a wild fires. stephen florino has the details. >>governor josh green says the state will pay a hefty chunk of the 4 billion dollar settlement

visions, and today we're discovering of the world of a southern culture, the the, the global anti doping agency wida is on the war path as washington allows athletes to consume the doping drugs to compete and exchange for spying on others. the russian army destroys it 12 you printing and militants who were attempting to land on the russian coast in the her son region. while in the border area, of course, the train suffers hundreds of casualties. that special forces continue to repel. and general how many units to sworn in as head of the bangladesh. the interim government, soon as the end of our time, ministers check and see most brutal proceedings.

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however, the movers put the us anti doping agency at loggerheads with its global equivalent that of water. this who saw this scheme threatened the integrity of sporting competition, which the code seeks to protect by operating it who sought it was in clear breach of the rules. contrary to the claims made by of soda water did not sign off on this practice of permitting drug eats to compete for years on the promised that they would try to obtain incriminating evidence against others than us empty doping agency. admitting that it has sanctioned athletes to be able to cheat to, to, to continue to take policy and competitions. as you mentioned on the basis that they may be able to sniff out of the athletes who also don't think it so really incredible story. it's not just us saying this, the usa v a has admitted this is it's paula, so you have to listen to it statement. it's an effective way to get these bigger systemic problems if you've got the engines. so others who are praying and athletes and traffic, and i think it's totally appropriate. so the question is, what do we know? well, water, w

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keep their olympics. >> lawmakers into taco provision to lock federal dollars to go to the anti-doping agencyig spending package. on capitol hill i am chad pergram. fox news. jon: the food and drug administration wants more research before it improves the second electric drug and dna to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. regulators are calling for another study that would likely take several years and cost millions of dollars, the drugmaker is pushing for approval insisting that the drug has proven benefits for combat veterans and says it will appeal the fda's decision. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more on the ongoing debate. >> them dna allows people to access parts of their trauma that are deeply seated that have not been able to access with traditional therapy. >> psychiatrist have been reporting dramatic results. >> as a physician i've not seen a medicine is powerful and a longtime. >> he participated in an expanded access program not the trials currently being reviewed. >> only question for the fda how many veterans and americans will lose advised between

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world's anti-doping watchdog handled the controversy involving china's elite swimmers, leaders of the energy and commerce committee sent to bruising letter to the head of the world anti-doping agency on thursday, they claimed 23 chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the 20 you 21 tokyo olympics. >> but the agency kept that under wraps. controversy was later revealed by reporters. but our says two other swimmers, including one who just competed in paris, also had a positive test two years ago, the lawmakers are demanding an independent investigation and an explanation of why the results were kept secret. team usa gymnast jordan chiles speaks out after being dealt the latest blow in the battle over the bronze medal, she was awarded for individual floor routine at the paris games. child said the international olympic committee's decision to reallocate the metal to romania's ana barbosu feels unjust and comes as a significant blow. but the fight doesn't seem over yet for chiles who believes, quote, the people in control will do the right thing all right, finally, this hour a shakeup at espn as the sports network is fired two of its nfl football commentators,

attract more subscribers, americans who were doping were allowed in, it turned out that the us anti-doping agencying banned drugs in exchange for them agreeing to become informants and inform on others. world anti-doping wada said the u.s. agency yusada violated the international code by allowing several athletes convicted of doping violations between 2011 and 2014 to work. what we haven't seen this year is russia, which, for example, won four medals in taekwondo at the last tokyo olympics. in terms of total medals at the tokyo olympics, russia was third behind the u.s. and china, with 71 awards. now, at the paris olympics, that place was essentially shared by a margin of one medal, great britain and france, and last time france was only eighth. the shock opening ceremony became a manifesto of non-traditional values, when instead of a parade of athletes - a gay parade, instead of unifying ideas - mockery of christian symbols. the vatican eventually formulated a reaction, literally, that at such a prestigious event, which is united by common values, they cannot resort to metaphors that present rel